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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRI L. BATES, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

PAINT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 577,832, dated March 2, 1897.

Application filed October 29, 1896. Serial No. 610,498. (N0 p n To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LHENRI L. BATEs,of Providence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Elastic House and Decorative Paint; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My composition for an elastic paint consists of the following ingredients, combined in the proportions stated, viz: one quart acetic acid, one-eighth ounce pounded borax, one-eighth ounce carbonate of soda, one ounce glucose, one-eighth ounce paraffin-wax, one-eighth ounce citronella, one-eighth ounce fine salt, one-eighth ounce' pounded alum, one ounce white-grape juice, and one-eighth ounce niter. These ingredients are to be thoroughly mingled by agitating them together in a bottle or other suitable vessel and allowing them to stand a short time, when they will be ready for use, which is done by applying the compound by means of a brush or in any of the ways of applying paint to the surface desired. It dries very quickly, and if put on sheet metal, like tin, or on canvas it will not crack when the material is bent. After it is dry it may be covered with a coat of any kind of transparent finish, according to the amount of exposureit will have to bear.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, -is-- The herein-described composition for an elastic paint for house and decorative purposes, which consists in a mixture of acetic acid, powdered borax, carbonate of soda, glucose, paraffin-wax, citronella, fine salt, powdered alum, White-grape juice, and niter, in the proportions substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 28th day of October, A. l). 1896.

HENRI L. BATES.

In presence of- BENJ. ARNOLD, M. E. LAWTON. 

